__--moresequal, and stigmas” more deeply cleft. 
AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 235 
Lapageria—continued. * 
planting out. The soil best suited is thrée parts good 
fibry peat to one of loam, and plenty of sharp sand or 
charcoal should: be intermixed. The roots may be in- 
closed, where space is limited, by slates or a narrow wall, 
allowing a space of about a square yard inside ; other- 
wise, the crowns spread by their underground stems, and 
throw up new shoots a considerable distance from where 
they were originally intended to do so. Young shoots are a 
special prey for slugs; consequently, the latter should be 
rigidly excluded, by a band of cotton wool, broken glass, 
or some other impassable barrier, until the growths are 
solidified. A cool temperature, and shade in summer, 
are best suited for thé Lapageria, such as a position in 
a greenhouse or structure devoted to cool flowering 
subjects. Plenty of water may be given while the plants 
are growing, and frequent heavy syringings, until the 
flowers begin opening, are advantageous. Healthy plants, 
thus treated, flower profusely from the latter part 
ate in the aut = 
sive evenings, is the best remedy, and 
one that should be immediately applied, or the growths 
will be crippled. Mealy Bug, Scale, and Thrips, also in- 
fest the plants, and must be kept down by syringing 
and sponging the firm leaves and stems with a rather 
strong solution of soft soap. 
L. rosea (rosy).* A. rich rosy-crimson, large, pendulous, in the 
axils of the upper leaves, or at the apices of the branches, solitary 
or few, produced in great abundance, and remaining in full 
beauty for several months. J. alternate, lanceolate-ovate or sub- 
cordate, acam gia oriaoous, three to five-nerved, and reticu- 
-lately veined. “Qili, 1847. See Fig. 375. (B. M. 4447.) . The 
_ flowers of this beautiful species vary, in size and substance, on 
different plants, under cultivation, some being very large and 
superior in every way to others. Obtaining a good “ variety” 
is an important matter. 
L. r. alba (white).* A very beautiful form, with spotless white 
flowers, thus constituting an admirable contrast to the typical 
species. Chili, 1854. (B. M. 4892.) 
BL. r. superba (superb).* Described as a — variety, ee 
ducing fine large flowers of an exceedingly rich and bri 
crimson colour. 
LAPEYROUSIA (named in honour of J. F. G. de 
la Peyrouse, 1741-1788, the French circumnavigator). 
Syns. Meristostigma, Ovieda, and Peyrousia. ORD. Iridee. 
A’ genus comprising about eighteen species of half-hardy 
~ bulbous plants, natives of Southern and tropical Asia, 
allied to Anomatheca, but with the spreading lobes 
ore € À Flowers on 
terminal elongated spikes. Leaves sheathing. For cul- 
ture, &c., see Anomat 2 
Bentham and Hooker, peyrousia) à 
* w ed). fl., perianth tube bluish-purple, long, 
E tinh — sonmelte EA EO 
> 
-~ © September. Z. broadly ensiform, many-nerved, short and blunt; | 
edges more or less curled, and sc hed, rather glau- 
© cous, light — ; upper ones sheathing the stem. Stem 9in. high, 
©, bianched, flat. Cape of Good Hope, 1824. (S. B. F. G. 143.) 
~ 55 bosa (corymbose). fi. bright blue, with a white and 
dark blue angled band encircling the central rtion of the 
perianth ; the angles are acute, and extend about half the length 
of the segments; corymbs several-flowered, clustered, on loose, 
slender stems. May. l. narrow, tapering. A. 6in. to 12in. Cape 
of Good Hope, 1791. (B. M. 595.) f ; í 
fissifolia (cleft-leaved). M. pink or rose, with very narrow tubes 
er e or ama in length, ——— roduced from the axils of the 
leaves, chiefly near the apex of the stem. ust. Z. tapering, 
becoming small towards the upper part stem. h. 6in. 
Cape of Good Hope, 1809. A very rare s) (B. M. 1246.) 
LAPLACEA (named in honour of P 
1749-1827, the celebrated French mathema’ 
Hemocharis, Lindleya (of Nees), and Wikstrémv: 
strémiacee. This genus comprises about twelv 
of stove trees or shrubs, three of which are 
the Indian Archipelago, and the rest tropical American. 
_ Flowers often sub-sessile, in the axils of the upper leaves. 
Leaves less coriaceous than in Gordonia. For cultivation, 
part of 
(which genus is included, by | _ 
— usia). — — o y 
Laplacea—continued. 
semiserrata (half-serrate). jl. white; calyx and corolla 
on the outside. September. Pan late, 
glabrous. J Oft. B zil, 1842. GM. 1g) ately — 
LAPORTEA (named by Gaudichaud after his friend 
M. Laporte). ORD. Urticacee. 
twenty-five species of stove perennial herbs, shrubs, or 
icecious ; panicles axil- 
or rarely reduced to 
, often large, dentate, 
4 
L. Schom hii versicolor (Schomburgh’s vz 
i. deep green, irregularly mottle greyish 
-gated with pai of creamy-wh irge s4 
their base deciduous herbaceous stipules ; 
2in, long, deep wine-purple, which colour 
midrib and princi 
marking covers the whole of the leaf surface on one side the mid- 
vein. Polynesia, 1875. A handsome ornamental-leaved plant. 
LAPPULA. See Echinospermum. 
LARCH. See Larix. — s 
LARDIZABALA (named after M. Lardizalay of Uribe, 
a Spanish naturalist). Oxp. Berberidew. A small genus 
(two species have been described) of hardy, or nearly 
hardy, climbing shrubs. Flowers purple or livid, diœ- 
cious ; peduncles axillary. Leaves two or three-ternate; 
leaflets entire or sinuate-dentate, feather-nerved and sub- 
triplinerved. The only species as yet introduced is a — 
very handsome tall-growing climber. It thrives in a well- 
drained compost of sandy loam and pe: Propagated 
by cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots, and inserted 
in sandy soil, under a glass’ : 
nr 
Te 
ey 
E continea ahina the 
purple, in drooping racemes, axil- 
, glossy, twice-ternate; leaflets 
ot g g. This desirable 
LARGE WHITE 
See Cabbage Caterpillars. — 
LARIX (an ancient name for the Lar used by 
Dioscorides). Larch. Orp. Conifer. A ising 
about eight species of ornamental, hardy, mous 
trees (formerly included under Pinus), natives of the 
temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere. Flowers. _- 
moncecious, or male and female on the same plant; male 
catkins small, without footstalks, egg-shaped; female 
ones erect, solitary, ovate, much longer than the males. 
Leaves linear, obtuse, soft, without footstalks, produced 
singly or in bundles, deciduous, Cones small, oval-obtuse 
or somewhat cylindrical, consisting of but few scales. 
Some of the species are extensively grown for their 
timber, which is valuable for many purposes. For general `° 
culture, see Pinus. 
americana (American).* Black Larch, l shorter and more 
slender than in the common Larch. Branches tal. cones 
ovoid, jin. to łin. long, of few rounded scales. A. 70ft. to 
90ft. North America (in swamps). A slender tree, with heavy, 
close-grained wood, SYNS. Pinus microcarpa, P. pendula. 
L. a. brevifolia (short-leaved). A synonym of L. occidentalis. 
L. dahurica (Dahurian). l. single, or in bundles of many together 
round a central bud, soft, bright green, narrow-linear, blunt- ; 
side veins. Sometimes, the creamy-white 
